[LAU] from cassette/LP to cd (which prog?)

[Ken Restivo]

On Tue, Dec 18, 2007 at 09:48:53AM -0600, millward wrote:
>  I use Audacity to record the sound and save it to a WAV file.
>   I make a copy, and work on the copy. I use Audacity to break up
>   the huge WAV file into its various tracks and work on the tracks
>  individually.  That's easier on the CPU and if you screw up its not
>  such a problem.
>  There's a useful denoise filter on Audacity I sometimes use, but
> most of the real work is done with the Gnome Wave Cleaner. It's free.
>   http://gwc.sourceforge.net
>   The GWC has just about everything I need; noise filters, declickers,
>   etc.  After a track is clean enough, I use Audacity to amplify it to its
>   maximum below the clipping barrier.
>   If you're picky like I am, its a long and distressing job. Some records
>   just can not be cleaned.  I only clean records that there are no CDs for.
>   Otherwise, its not worth the time and aggrivation.  Good Luck!
> 

Good catch. I'd forgotten about gwc. I used Gnome Wave Cleaner about 5 years ago to clean up some very dirty cassette recordings I made 25 years ago. Here's an example of one that GWC rescued from under a thick layer of tape hiss:
http://www.restivo.org/blog/podpress_trac/web/152/1/astronomy.ogg 

-ken